Rejoicing and Weeping With Others

First15 Devotional

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Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In today’s devotional, we’re going to continue our series on the marks of a true Christian by looking at Paul’s encouragement to rejoice and weep with others. One of the most powerful acts of love we can make is to follow the way of empathy and compassion. Jesus allowed himself to be burdened by others burdens, pained by their pain. And may we follow the way of our Savior today as we spend time in his word, and in his presence.

Our Scripture for today comes from Romans 12:15, and today's worship is Every Table is An Altar by Jason Upton.

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0:00.0	In today's podcast, we're going to continue our series on the marks of a true Christian
0:10.2	by looking at Paul's encouragement to rejoice and weep with others.
0:15.9	One of the most powerful acts of love we can make is to follow the way of empathy and
0:21.5	compassion.
0:23.3	Jesus allowed himself to be burdened by others' burdens, pained by their pain.
0:29.8	And may we follow his way today as we spend time in his word and in his presence.
0:35.6	Welcome to the First of Teen podcast.
0:50.8	Our verse for today comes from Romans 12, verse 15, Paul writes, rejoice with those
0:58.6	who rejoice, weep with those who weep.
1:06.7	Have you ever experienced love and compassion from someone right when you needed it?
1:13.5	Have you laughed or rejoiced with friends or family when you wanted to celebrate something
1:18.6	great or have you ever had a friend cry with you in a time of great trial and grief?
1:27.8	In Romans 12, 15, our verse for today, God commands us, rejoice with those who rejoice, weep
1:36.4	with those who weep.
1:40.4	We are called to be the hands and feet of Jesus because his heart is filled with compassion
1:47.0	for his people.
1:49.3	David exemplifies this truth in some 30-11 when he says, you have turned for me my morning
1:56.4	into dancing, you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
2:04.2	Let's spend time today encountering God's heart of mercy for his people and learn how
2:09.9	we can better share the love we've been shown with others.
2:15.9	As children of God, we are called to community, we're called to step away from the path of
2:22.5	selfish ambition and sacrifice our lives for others the way Jesus has for us.
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